{"id":3258,"date":"2014-10-29T14:47:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T14:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/29\/symphonic-band-to-present-veterans-day-concert\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:45:04","slug":"symphonic-band-to-present-veterans-day-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/symphonic-band-to-present-veterans-day-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Symphonic Band to present Veterans Day concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Furman University Symphonic Band will present a concert Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus.<\/p>\n

The concert is open to the public. Available at the door, tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.<\/p>\n

Led by Director of Bands Leslie W. Hicken, \u201cA Veterans Day Celebration\u201d is a concert in which each piece is either tied to a significant event in American History, or salutes our Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

The program also includes a South Carolina premiere composition by Furman Music Professor Jay Bocook, and features Percussion Professor, Omar Carmenates who leads a group of student soloists.<\/p>\n

Guest artists in the program are men from the Furman Singers, led by Hugh Ferguson Floyd, Director of Choral Activities.<\/p>\n

The program includes:<\/p>\n

The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, arr. by John Williams<\/p>\n

Commando March, Samuel Barber<\/p>\n

Portraits of Valor, Jay Bocook
\nSouth Carolina Premiere Performance
\nOmar Carmenates, percussion soloist<\/p>\n

Esprit de Corps Robert Jager,\u00a0Chester William Schuman<\/p>\n

Variations on America, Charles Ives, trans. by William Schuman<\/p>\n

The Ramparts, J. Clifton Williams
\nMen from the Furman Singers
\nHugh Ferguson Floyd, director<\/p>\n

Eternal Father, Strong to Save, Claude T. Smith<\/p>\n

American Salute Morton Gould<\/p>\n

For more information, contact the Furman Band Office at (864) 294-3069.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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